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BSP eyes PH shift to coin-lite society

January 17, 2025
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) will double down on its efforts to promote digital payments in the country by eventually weaning the country from its dependence on coins for payments. The transition to a coin-lite society will start once the BSP ...

BIZ BUZZ: IMF called out, again

January 17, 2025
First, it was Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Eli Remolona Jr. who called them out. Now, it’s Finance Secretary Ralph Recto. We’re talking about the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which recently urged the government to immediately restor...

Flag carrier boosts Clark-Busuanga flights

January 17, 2025
By March 1, Philippine Airlines (PAL) will increase the frequency of its flights between Clark and Busuanga, the gateway to popular tourist destination Coron, Palawan. The flag carrier, in a statement on Thursday, said that it would boost its Clark-Bus...

Focus on the future

January 17, 2025
If the Department of Agriculture (DA) focuses on the future, it must fully support the 2025 Department of Education (DepEd) school feeding program. This is a key solution to an impending disaster. If our severe malnutrition is not immediately addressed...

Helping ourselves face the storm

January 17, 2025
There is no urgent need any more for me to alert people about the erratic and turbulent tendencies for life in 2025. I have been consistently pointing to it these last few years because the pattern had started earlier. In fact, the 2020 Covid 19 pandem...